Tag Archive | George W. Bush
Ron Paul: Congress, Drones, and The Imperial Presidency | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Ron Paul Last week the US Senate took a break from debating the phony cuts known as “sequestration,” for Senator Rand Paul to hold a 13-hour filibuster to force the Obama administration to state whether it believes the President has the right to kill American citizens with drones on US soil. […]
Senator Lindsey Graham Introduces Bill To Ban Guns For People Declared ‘Mentally Ill’ | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Graham bill: Ban guns from some mentally ill THE JEENYUS CORNER By Gina Smith Shocked into action by a Lady’s Island woman who legally bought a gun and allegedly took it to a Charleston school, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., rolled out a bill Wednesday that would ban some people who are mentally ill from […]
Romney’s last, greatest ‘turnaround’ falls short | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Sam Youngman (Reuters) – Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential nomination as a “turnaround man,” whose capacity to reinvent companies, and the 2002 Olympics, could be transferred to the nation and its troubled economy. But from the outset of his general election campaign-burdened with the lowest favorability rating of any major […]
Karl Rove vs. Fox News | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Matt Negrin (ABC News) – Forget Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The most exciting matchup of the night was between Karl Rove and his employer, Fox News. A little after 11 p.m., Fox News and every other news outlet called the presidential race for Obama. Rove, the mastermind of George W. […]
Obama executive order expands Homeland Security reach into local law enforcement | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Josh Peterson (DailyCaller.com) – President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday that expanded the Department of Homeland Security’s ties to local law enforcement. The executive order creates a White House Homeland Security Partnership Council and Steering Committee, aimed at fostering local partnerships between federal and private institutions “to address homeland […]
Ben Bernanke wants to resign | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will most likely step down from his position in January 2014, even if President Barack Obama stays for a second term, according to friends of the chairman. Bernake’s future uncertainty has caused the president to start thinking of replacements, should he be reelected, the New York […]
Appeals Court Blocks Indiana Law to De-Fund Abortion Providers | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Joe Palazzolo A federal appeals court blocked part of an Indiana law that cut public funding to abortion providers. The 2011 law excluded Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from Medicaid, the state-administered health program for low-income Americans. The Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday said the […]
Think There’s a Difference? Taxes go up in 2013 for 163 million workers no matter who wins election | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama isn’t talking about it and neither is Mitt Romney. But come January, 163 million workers can expect to feel the pinch of a big tax increase regardless of who wins the election. A temporary reduction in Social Security payroll taxes is due to […]
Ross Perot Endorses Mitt Romney For President | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER Former two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot announced he was backing Mitt Romney for the presidency Tuesday, just weeks after declining to endorse a candidate. “Our country faces a serious choice,” Perot said in a statement released Tuesday morning by the Romney campaign. “The fact of the matter is that the United States […]
NAPOLITANO: Election 2012: A failure and a disappointment | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By: Andrew P. Napolitano President Obama is a failure as a president, and Gov. Romney has been a disappointing candidate. When he took office, Mr. Obama told the press that if he couldn’t cure the economic mess he inherited from President George W. Bush in four years, he wouldn’t deserve a […]
